University of Sulaimani is pleased to announce that the 1st call for applications under the MARHABA Scholarship Program is now open.

Applicants have until 31 January 2015 to complete and close their MARHABA applications at this website:

http://www.usc.es/marhaba/call.htm

Deadline for Application submission Extended to 31/1/ 2015

In order to apply for a grant, you must take the following steps:

Read the “Call for applications guidelines” very carefully.

Check that you comply with the General Admission Requirements.

Log into the On-line application form and fill this form with the information required.

Choose a maximum of 2 host universities.

Look over the academic offer of the host universities in order to search the specific study program you want to do.

Attach the required documents. Remember that documents must be in English.

Once you have filled the form and attached the required documents, please, SAVE your application in order to close it. Only saved and closed applications will be taken into account.

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

In order to apply for a grant within the framework ofMARHABA project, candidates

must comply with thefollowing general requirements:

They must have the nationality of one European or eligiblenon-EU country.

They must have sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction of the host universities they apply to. Onlyofficial certificates will be accepted as proof ofknowledge.

Concerning non-EU candidates: grants cannot be awarded to those candidates who have lived and carried out their main activities (studies, work etc.) for more than a total of 12 months over the last five years in a European country. This rule is not applicable to Target Group 3 and to Staff candidates.

Target Group 1 (TG1):

Nationals of the countries concerned by the lot who are registered in one of the partner universities belonging to the consortium (seethe section of

“Our consortium” in the webpage)

MARHABA includes 5 types of mobility according to the academic level of the candidates:

Undergraduate

Master

Doctorate (PhD)

Post-doctorate

Academic/Administrative staff

Taking into account the above mentioned levels, candidates must meet the following specific requirements:

Undergraduate candidates: they must have successfully completed at least one year of studies.

Master candidates: they must have obtained a Bachelor diploma.

PhD candidates: they must have obtained a Master diploma.

PhD and Post-doctorate candidates: should contact their respective potential

supervisors at the hosting institution before applying in order to get a

preadmission letter. In several host institutions pre-admission/acceptance from a

supervisor will be the main/priority condition for eligibility of the doctoral and

should contact their respective counterpart at the host university in order to

accordingly draw up their teaching/work plan.

GRANT AMOUNTS:

MARHABA will cover travel and insurance costs of the beneficiaries and monthly

allowances whose amount will vary depending on their academic level:

€1,000 for Undergraduate and Master

€1,500 for Doctorate

€1,800 for Post-doctorate

€2,500 for Academic/Administrative Staff

MOBILITY DURATIONS:

Undergraduate: 6 and 10 months

Master: 18 months

Doctorate: 6 and 34 months

Post-doctorate: 6 months

Academic/Adm. Staff: 1 month

All candidates have to apply online through the MARHABA online application tool

(http://www.usc.es/MARHABA/application), uploading the required supporting documents. Originals of the attached supporting documents may be requested to preselected TG1 candidates for examination by University of Sulaimani.

All candidates may apply for a maximum of two host universities.

The Host Universities are:

STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY, UK

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN, Germany

UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA, Spain

UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain

UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO, PORTUGAL

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CAGLIARI, Italy

UNIVERSITE DE NANTES, FRANCE

UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METALLURGY., BULGARIA

WYZSZA SZKOLA FINANSOW I PRAWA W BIELSKU-BIALEJ, POLAND

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

Candidates must attach to their application the following supporting documents according to their academic level:

Candidates applying for BACHELOR:

Passport copy.

Curriculum Vitae (European CV – Europass - ).

Language certificate(s)

Motivation Letter (maximum 2 pages)

Bachelor Transcript of Records

Exact name of the study programme you plan to do in the host university (Please, check the host university academic offer you apply for in order to include this information in the online application tool. Any application without this information will be automatically excluded).

Candidates applying for MASTER:

Passport copy.

Curriculum Vitae (European CV – Europass - ).

Language certificate(s)

Motivation Letter (maximum 2 pages)

Bachelor Certificate (if the grantee does not have this certificate at the moment of submitting the application, he/she should submit a letter signed by the home university stating that he/she is currently enrolled and he/she will get the diploma by 1st July 2015).

Bachelor Transcript of Records

Master Transcript of Records (if applicable)

Exact name of the study programme you plan to do in the host university

(Please, check the host university academic offer you apply for in order to

include this information in the online application tool. Any application without

this information will be automatically excluded).

Candidates applying for DOCTORATE (PhD):

Passport copy.

Curriculum Vitae (European CV – Europass - ).

Language certificate(s)

Motivation Letter (maximum 2 pages)

Bachelor Certificate

Bachelor Transcript of Records

Master Certificate (if the grantee does not have this certificate at the moment of submitting the application, he/she should submit a letter signed by the home university stating that he/she is currently enrolled and he/she will get the diploma by 1st July 2015).

Master Transcript of Records

Research proposal: title and short description (maximum 2 pages)

A pre-admission letter by the host university (compulsory). Please, upload it in section “Other documents”.

Candidates applying for POSTDOCTORATE:

Passport copy.

Curriculum Vitae (European CV – Europass - ).

Language certificate(s)

Motivation Letter (maximum 2 pages)

PhD Certificate

Thesis Summary (maximum 2 pages)

Research proposal: title and short description (maximum 2 pages)

A pre-admission letter by the host university (compulsory). Please, upload it in section “Other documents”.

Pre-selection criteria (to be applied by host universities during the pre-selection phase):

Academic records 55 Mark

Language skills 30 Mark

Academic suitability & relevance of the application 10 Mark

Motivation 5 Mark

TOTAL 100

The Selection Committee will agree the final list of selected candidates on the basis of the ranking of pre-selected candidates. In case of candidates with the same mark as well as in order to meet the project principles, the following additional criteria can be applied by the Selection Committee:

Gender balance

Priority of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups

Geographical balance

Language skills

Impact of the project proposal (applicable to Doctorate, Post-doc and Staff).